Jesus Revolution | Ascension

The Kingdom has not yet been fully manifested, and even for those of us who follow Jesus, the tension is real. We live in the tension of believing a better world has begun, but it is not fulfilled. War still rages. Poverty persists. Death is a reality for every living thing, and the wicked seem to keep rolling. 

The problem is we feel the tension of experiencing the Kingdom of God in our lives and communities before it is fully realised in the entire universe. We still see or have unbelief. Sin and brokenness shout to us that God’s will has not found its full expression. 

And how does that leave us feeling? The answer to that question could splinter in a thousand ways, but the word that surfaced for me is angst. It is an angst that makes us look to people, leaders, politics and systems to solve generations-old issues that will only dissolve when God’s Kingdom is fully realised. 

It is an angst that cultivates doubt and fear. It is an angst that quietly cries out in our hearts, “God, if you were real, you would solve this…”